To promote media freedom in countries around the world and to strengthen the protection of journalists.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Contact Details
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Sir John Whittingdale MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3557.
Email: john.whittingdale.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Felicity Garvey, Reporters Without Borders UK. Tel: 07493 630650
Email: fgarvey@rsf.org
Secretariat:
Reporters Without Borders UK acts as the group's secretariat. https://rsf.org/
No benefits in kind are on record for the Media Freedom APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Media Freedom APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Wayne David
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Caerphilly
Joined: 13th May 2024Departed: 30th May 2024
Joanna Cherry
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh South West
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
Rob Butler
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Aylesbury
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Theo Clarke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
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Roger Gale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Herne Bay and Sandwich
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
James Gray
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Wiltshire
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 13th December 2023
Damian Collins
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Folkestone and Hythe
Joined: 24th September 2020Departed: 7th September 2022
John Whittingdale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 7th September 2022
Christian Matheson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 4th May 2022
Viscount Colville of Culross
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 14th July 2021Departed: 4th May 2022
Jeremy Hunt
Vice Chair
Conservative - Godalming and Ash
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 7th August 2020
John Grogan
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Keighley
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 5th November 2019